Aug 22, 2023
This episode features recordings from the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre at Parklea, near Sydney. The Red Room Company delivered their highly successful "Unlocked" prison poetry programme over a period of three full days. The outcomes included a print anthology, a CD of audio recordings (spoken word and two hip hop tracks), and a presentation to the weekly community meeting attended by all participants and staff at the centre. Jails are noisy places with hard surfaces that are not conducive to high quality audio recording so the workshop and presentation sections are not ideal. However they do convey a sense of the engagement and enthusiasm displayed by the participants.